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Because let's say you're Tom Hanks. And you get [email protected]

Well, what's stopping someone else from adopting [email protected]?

And some platforms minimize the text size of platform, or hide it entirely. So you just might see TomHanks, and think it's him. But it's actually a 7 year old Chinese boy with a broken leg in Arizona.

Because anyone can grab the same name, on a different platform.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Case in point.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

$50 bucks little man, put that shit in my hand.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Truthiness of a user should be determined with corroboration on 3rd party services.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Discord and email worked for a long time with needing something extra after the name. Why would the fediverse be different?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

I honestly hope they never adopt the fediverse. Imagine wanting that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

What's stopping that same 7 year old taking [email protected] before the real Tom Hanks even knows about Lemmy?

It's not the lack of unique usernames that's a problem. It's the lack of identity verification. Which, I mean, understandably is lacking because it's not like there are high profile people making accounts here. Well, except of course for Margot Robbie.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago
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